Lakeshore Board of Education v. Grindstaff

This case is on remand to this Court by order of the Supreme Court for the limited purpose of considering the following issue: "Whether the State Tenure Commission has the authority to reduce a discipline sanction from discharge to a suspension despite finding that the misconduct charges were proven.” 431 Mich 902 (1988). In our earlier unpublished per curiam opinion of March 11, 1988, we reversed the decision of the Tenure Commission. The Tenure Commission had agreed with the petitioner that respondent had been insubordinate, but found discharge to be too severe a penalty. It reduced…